#FreeLiyah Twitter Power Hour Monday, May 18 @ 10am PT/12pm CT/1pm ET Follow @survivepunish (moderator - questions will come from this account) Use hashtags: #FreeLiyah #FreeThemAll #ClemencyNow #FreeSurvivors #SurvivedAndPunished Background: Liyah Birru is an Ethiopian immigrant survivor of domestic violence, who is currently in ICE detention for defending herself from her abusive husband. Like so […]
CALL-IN ACTION ON TUESDAY MAY 19th & WEDNESDAY MAY 20th! CDCR Guards Cut Off Communication & Access to Water as COVID-19 Cases Rise at California Institution for Women Prison guards are mocking incarcerated people who test positive for COVID-19, denying people access to clean water, and removing access to outside communication according to multiple reports […]
Join us every other Saturday from 12 to 1 pm PT for a virtual letter writing session via Zoom. We will be hosting these sessions through spring and possibly into summer. This May 23 event is the fourth of the series and is hosted by Survived and Punished California. Isolation is central to the persistence […]
Join @c_c_w_p @survivepunish and others on #CopsAndCages Twitter Power Hour: Mon, Jun 15 at 12pm PT/2pm CT/3pm ET! Learn about the connections between policing behind bars, in homes, and on the streets and take action to #FreeThemAll! #DefundPolice #BlackLivesMatter
Join members of Survived & Punished NY and the #StandWithTracy Defense Team on Thursday, July 2nd from 6:30-7:30 PM EST to write letters of support and encouragement to Tracy McCarter. Tracy is a criminalized survivor who has been held at Rikers for over 120 days during a pandemic for acting out in self defense against […]
A Workshop on Abolition + Decarceration: Love Letters to Movement Leaders Saturday, September 26, 10am PT / 1pm ET REGISTER Join 18 Million Rising, Survived and Punished, and Asian Prisoner Support Committee and write love letters for abolition! Recommended $15-$20 donation. We strongly encourage you to give the amount that is right for you. Your donation […]
Join Members of the #StandWithTracy Team and Survived and Punished NY for a virtual event: Black Survivors and Caregivers Resisting Criminalization REGISTRATION Mon, October 5, 2020 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT Speakers: Dr. Dorothy Roberts, Scholar, Professor, Social Justice Activist, and Author of Killing the Black Body, Shattered Bonds, and Fatal Invention Andrea James, Founder and Executive […]
SAVE THE DATE TWITTER POWER HOUR Join Survived & Punished and friends for Domestic Violence Awareness Month #DefundPrisonsDefendSurvivors #DVAM TWITTER POWER HOUR Tuesday, October 20th 11am PT / 12pm MT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET Featuring launch of new portraits of incarcerated survivors and campaign website! Follow @survivepunish
A coalition of organizations, advocates, and survivors of domestic violence are organizing a Domestic Violence Awareness Month rally in Bakersfield, CA on Friday, October 23rd at 9am to call for the end of criminal punishment of survivors of domestic violence. We call on the Kern County DA to drop the charges for survivors, Wendy Howard […]
Join the #FreeGabby campaign on THURSDAY 6/3 at 5 PM PT for a fundraiser and letter writing event to support Gabby Solano, a DV survivor who was criminalized for defending herself. We will hear updates from the #FreeGabby campaign and write to support Gabby! Register here: http://bit.ly/write4gabby